The Hunchback of Notre Dame

★7.3·00·1939·1h 57m

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

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Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton The Hunchback Quasimodo
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke Frollo
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell Clopin
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien Gringoire
Alan Marshal
Alan Marshal Phoebus
Walter Hampden
Walter Hampden Archdeacon
Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport King Louis XI
Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander Madame de Lys
George Zucco
George Zucco Procurator

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★7.3· 1939· 1h 57m· Drama, Horror, Romance

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Release date31 Aug 1939
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
LanguageEN
StatusReleased

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